Flying Fortress (film)

This article is about the 1942 British film. For the 2012 American film also known as Flying Fortress, see Fortress (2012 film).

Flying Fortress
Theatrical release poster
Directed byWalter Forde
Written by
Produced byA. H. Saloman
Starring
CinematographyBasil Emmott
Edited byTerence Fisher
Music byJack Beaver
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Brothers
Release date
  • 13 June 1942 (1942-06-13)
Running time
68 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£107,362[1]
Box office$607,000[1] or £175,656[1]

Flying Fortress is a 1942 British black-and-white war film drama from Warner Bros. Pictures, produced by A. H. Soloman, directed by Walter Forde,[2] that stars Richard Greene and co-stars Carla Lehmann, Betty Stockfeld, and Donald Stewart.[3]

During the Blitz, an arrogant American pilot becomes increasingly committed to the Allied cause after ferrying B-17 bombers from Canada to England. After joining the Royal Canadian Air Force and being assigned to an RAF squadron, he finally takes part in a Flying Fortress bombing raid on Berlin.[4]

  1. ^ a b c Steve Chibnall (2019) Hollywood-on-Thames: the British productions ofWarner Bros. – First National, 1931–1945, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, 39:4, 687-724, DOI: 10.1080/01439685.2019.1615292 at p 714 Cite error: The named reference "warners" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  2. ^ Pendo 1985, p. 160.
  3. ^ Murphy 2000, p. 281.
  4. ^ Mackenzie 2001, p. 49.